The Virtuoso - Mozart, Strauss, Chopin, Brahms & Liszt / Wilhelm Backhaus, piano

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Album Summary

Performer

• Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)

Composers

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909)
• Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli (1882 - 1949)
• Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Moritz Moszkowski (1854 - 1925)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)

Notes & Reviews:

Wilhelm Backhaus realized the significance of the gramophone record early on, making his first solo recording in 1908 and going on to record many more, each tantamount to a live performance. These recordings, offered up here, represent the earliest ever recordings of works by composers like Mozart, Strauss, Chopin, Brahms, and Liszt.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: 1908-??-??_1928-??-??&1940-.

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Works Details

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 26 in D major, K 537 "Coronation"

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 30 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1788

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni KV 527 :: Act 2. Feins Liebchen, komm ans Fenster

• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Strauss, Richard : Ständchen ("Mach' auf, mach' auf, doch leise, mein Kind"), song for voice & piano, Op. 17/2 (TrV 149

• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1885-1887

Pick-Mangiagalli, Riccardo : La Danse d'Olaf, for piano or orchestra, Op. 33/2

• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Chopin, Frédéric : Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 1 e-moll op. 11 :: 2. Satz - Romanze

• Running Time: 7 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1830

Kreisler, Fritz : Liebesleid

• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: by 1910

Delibes, Léo : Naila :: Walzer

• Running Time: 6 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1866

Liszt, Franz : La Leggierezza, for piano in F minor (Grandes études de concert no 2) , S. 144/2 (LW A118/2)

• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1848

Liszt, Franz : Wedding March and Dance of the Elves from Mendelssohn's "A Midsummernight's Dream", S 410 :: Midsummer Night's Dr

• Running Time: 7 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: 1849-1851

Brahms, Johannes : Variationen op. 35 "Über ein Thema von N. Paganini" :: Heft 1

• Running Time: 8 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1862-1863

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Liszt, Franz : Liebesträume, notturno for piano no 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843-1850

Weber, Carl Maria von : Klaviersonate Nr. 1, C-Dur :: Rondo

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1812

Chopin, Frédéric : Fantasy-Impromptu for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 66, CT. 46

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1834

Liszt, Franz : Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 7 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1847

Delibes, Léo : Naila :: Walzer "Pas de fleurs"

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1866

Schubert, Franz : March militaire

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: circa 1822

Chopin, Frédéric : Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1844

Moszkowski, Moritz : Caprice espagnol, for piano, Op. 37

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: Circa 1886.
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1886

Mendelssohn, Felix : Ein Sommernachtstraum :: Scherzo

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

Albéniz, Isaac : Iberia :: 6. Triana

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1905-1909

Liszt, Franz : Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1862-1863

Chopin, Frédéric : Waltz for piano no 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846-1847

Brahms, Johannes : Variationen über ein eigenes Thema op. 21/1 :: [Excerpt]

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 9 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1857

Brahms, Johannes : Paganini-Variationen op. 35 :: [Excerpt]

• Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
• Running Time: 16 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1862-1863